Malaysia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Malaysia at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Flag of Malaysia
IPC code MAS
NPC Paralympic Council of Malaysia
Website www.paralympic.org.my  (in English)
in Tokyo
Competitors22 in 9 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Bonnie Bunyau Gustin
Siti Noor Iasah [1]
Flag bearer (closing) Cheah Liek Hou [2]
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Malaysia competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021 which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

Dato' Sri Megat D Shahriman Bin Dato' Zaharudin, president of the Malaysian Paralympic Council, is the chef de mission of the delegation. [3]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bonnie Bunyau Gustin Powerlifting Men's 72 kg 28 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cheah Liek Hou Badminton Men's Singles SU5 4 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Abdul Latif Romly Athletics Men's Long jump T20 4 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jong Yee Khie Powerlifting Men's 107 kg 30 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chew Wei Lun Boccia Mixed individual BC1 1 September

Background

Opening and closing ceremonies

Bonnie Bunyau Gustin and Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin were flag bearers of Malaysia in the opening ceremony. In the Parade of Nations, both athletes and officials wore the Malay legendary warrior Hang Tuah inspired attire designed by the Department of fashion design and Art and Design Faculty of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Shah Alam (Main Campus). The attire, in the colours of the national flag, featured the "Songket Bunga Tabur" pattern. The female athletes and official wore the baju kurung complete with a dokoh (tiered pendant) and selendang (shawl), while the male athletes and officials wore the traditional Baju Melayu complete with an outer coat, a sampin and the Tengkolok (headgear). [4] [5]

Shuttler Cheah Liek Hou was named as flagbearer for the closing ceremony.

Target and achievement

On 19 July 2021, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican announced that the Malaysian delegation to the 2020 Summer Paralympics had a target to win three gold medals, matching the medal haul of the previous edition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [6] Malaysia managed to achieve this target with three gold medals and two silver medals, totalling to 5 medals, making it the most successful outcome in Paralympic history, surpassing their record of four medals in the 2016 games.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games: [7]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 202
Athletics 415
Badminton 202
Boccia 101
Cycling 325
Powerlifting 202
Swimming 213
Table tennis 101
Wheelchair Tennis 101
Total18422

Archery

Malaysia have qualified 2 quota for archery. [8]

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Suresh Selvathamby Individual recurve 57928—Paralympic flag.svg  Tsydendorzhiev  (RPC)
L 2–6		Did not advance
Wiro Julin Individual compound open 67326ByeParalympic flag.svg  Shigaev  (RPC)
L 126–136		Did not advance

Athletics

All male athletes have qualified from the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships at Dubai. They have qualified by being top 3 in each event. Malaysia have also entered 1 female athlete. [9]

Key


Men's track events
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi 100 m T36 12.061 Q
SB		12.154
Men's field events
AthleteEventsFinalRank
Wong Kar Gee Long jump T13 5.93 PB6
Abdul Latif Romly Long jump T20 7.45 SBGold medal icon.svg
Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Shot put F20 DNS
Women's track events
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin 400 m T20 59.894 q
SB		1:01.058

Badminton

Malaysia has qualified two para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings. [10]

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Cheah Liek Hou Singles SU5 Flag of Egypt.svg  Eldakrory  (EGY)
W (21–3, 21–2)		Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Fang  (TPE)
W (21–13, 21–8)		Flag of Japan.svg  Imai  (JPN)
W (21–19, 21–12)		1 QChinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Fang  (TPE)
W (15–21, 21–10, 21–16)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Dheva  (INA)
W (21–17, 21–15)		Gold medal icon.svg
Didin Taresoh Singles SH6 Flag of India.svg  Nagar  (IND)
L (20–22, 10–21)		Flag of Brazil.svg  Tavares  (BRA)
L (13–21, 13r–18)		—3Did not advance

Boccia

Chew Wei Lun get a ticket for Malaysia in Individual BC1 events. [11]

AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Chew Wei Lun Mixed individual BC1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Oliveira  (BRA)
W 5–2		Flag of Thailand.svg  Huadpradit  (THA)
W 3*–3		Flag of South Korea.svg  Jung  (KOR)
W 9–3		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Curinova  (CZE)
W 11–0		1 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang  (CHN)
W 4–2		Flag of Portugal.svg  Ramos  (POR)
W 9–5		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Smith  (GBR)
L 2–4		Silver medal icon.svg

Cycling

Malaysia sent three male and two female cyclists after allocations from the combined nations ranking. [12] [13] [14]

Road

Men's road event
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin Time trial C1 26:46.565
Road race C1–3 -1 LAP33
Muhammad Hafiz Jamali Time trial C5 1:01:35.7812
Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi DNF
Women's road event
AthleteEventTimeRank
Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd Zais
(Nurul Suhada Zainal – pilot)		 Time trial B DNF
Road race B DNS

Track

Men's track event
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time		Rank
Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin Individual pursuit C1 3:58.4137Did not advance
Muhammad Hafiz Jamali 1000m Time trial C4–5 —1:11.28819
Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi —1:06.47210
Mohamad Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin
Muhammad Hafiz Jamali
Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi 		Mixed team sprint 50.5325Did not advance
Women's track event
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time		Rank
Nur Azlia Syafinaz Mohd Zais
(Nurul Suhada Zainal – pilot)		 1000m Time trial B —1:15.0059

Powerlifting

Bonnie Bunyau Gustin get a ticket for Malaysia in Mens 65kg event. [15] [16]

AthleteEventsFinal
ResultsRank
Bonnie Bunyau Gustin Men's -72kg 228
PR 		Gold medal icon.svg
Jong Yee Khie Men's -107kg 237Silver medal icon.svg

Swimming

Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli and Brenda Anellia Larry has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS. [17] [18]

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli 50 metre freestyle S5 33.465 Q32.825
100 metre freestyle S5 1:16.337 Q1:15.127
200 metre freestyle S5 DSQDid not advance
100 metre breaststroke SB4 DSQDid not advance
Jamery Siga 50 metre butterfly S5 40.3213Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Brenda Anellia Larry 50 metre backstroke S4 59.3311Did not advance
50 metre butterfly S5 1:00.6213Did not advance

Table tennis

Men's
AthleteEventGroup stageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal/BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Chee Chaoming Individual – Class 9 Flag of Italy.svg  Kalem  (ITA)
L 0–3		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stacey  (GBR)
L 0–3		Flag of Australia.svg  Ma Lin  (AUS)
L 0–3		4Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Malaysia qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. Abu Samah Borhan qualified by the world rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Abu Samah Borhan Men's singles Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Gil  (CRC)
W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2		Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Egberink  (NED)
L 0–6, 1–6		Did not advance

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